11 couples who live together reveal how often they *really* have sex

1. "Once a week, and we schedule it so we know when 'date night' is. We didn't always do that when we were younger, but after 19 years it's just easier to prepare and to know when to set time/energy aside for it. To be fair, I'm also having sex once/week with each of my two boyfriends, because polyamory." [via]

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2. "Intercourse once per week or so, oral two-ish times outside of that. Varies a lot though... haven’t had sex for a month right now due to various circumstances, and neither of us is too fussed about it because we know it’ll happen soon." [via]

3. "My boyfriend and I probably do one to two times a week. We've been living together for almost a year, both working 40hrs a week, both with volunteer work too. We just haven't gotten in the swing of things. Before I moved in I came over every Friday and stayed the whole weekend, we basically just had sex the whole time. So now it's a lot harder since other things need to be done (laundry, errands, etc). He'd love to have sex more often, but whenever I want to he's busy." [via]

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4. "Once or twice. I think it’s a good number. I get bored with sex if we’re having it like every day - this frequency keeps things exciting. We’ve been together 10 years if that makes any difference. So I think we’re doing pretty alright!" [via]

5. "Unfortunately for him I have a low sex drive and we’ve had conflicting schedules most of this year until two weeks ago. He’s also a morning/once a day kind of guy, and I’m a before we go to bed/five times a day kind of girl. So on average I’d say once a week. However there have been entire months where we didn’t. If I don’t feel like it, or don’t want to for an extended period of time, I try to at least BJ or something." [via]

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6. "I mark intercourse pretty consistently in my period tracker app, the statistics say 6.5 times per month, so a bit more than once per week. There are weeks with three plus times and weeks with zero, but that is what it averages out to I guess. He has a lower sex drive than me, but it isn't substantially less unless he is under a lot of stress." [via]

7. "Depends on how rough work has treated him, and how tired he is. On average 1-2 times a week." [via]

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8. "Zero, because they’re asexual. I get my jollies with (polyamaory) partners I don’t live with." [via]

9. "We try to do something intimate daily. It's not always sex, but could be cuddling even. By trying to do something every day it allows more sex to happen. We average five to seven times a week. There have been weeks we are genuinely busy and it falls to the wayside, and we actually notice that we feel more distant." [via]

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10. "Once a week lately, but we've both been sick for several weeks and not feeling up to it. When neither of us are sick or super stressed with work it's usually twice a week." [via]

11. "Once a week, maybe twice every other week. When he was on holiday, we did it three times a week so that was awesome! (I have a high drive). We tend to not have sex during my period, unless I'm lucky (my sex drive gets higher during my period) so that's about three to five times a month. We both agreed we want to have sex three times a week, but work for him means too much stress/exhaustion. We've been together almost three years, and lived together for a year." [via]

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